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Discovering Maria Callas

My first encounter with the art of Maria Callas happened when I was six years old. As I grew up in communist Romania, watching television was, in itself, an art, the art of navigating, without succumbing, a propaganda-packed programming: from dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s speeches and travels to films made in

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The Music of Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon

Performed live for Tarrytown Music Hall’s “Night In” series by vocalist Anne Carpenter and vocalist/guitarist Peter Calo. Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon are giants in the living soundtrack of an entire generation who grew up listening to and singing their songs; attending concerts in clubs, halls, and parks. Many remember

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Breaking Up Is Not Easy…Prepare for the Moments

Recently, I have been meeting a lot of women who are taking that step, you know the step, they are leaping out of their comfort zone and changing their relationship status from married to separated, and ultimately to divorced. I was wondering why the universe has been presenting these people

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Octo Observations: Let’s Start Fresh!

When we all woke up on January 1, 2021, a feeling of positivity and hope filled our hearts….or at least it did mine. To say “goodbye” to traumatic 2020, with its devastating outbreak of Covid, its fractious election, and its seemingly unending isolation from loved ones was a good feeling.

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Stream Selected Films of Ralph Feinnes

Quiz Show 1994 Based on Richard N. Goodwin’s 1988 memoir Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties. Produced and Directed by Robert Redford. When the popularity of Herb Stemple’s (John Turturo), successive winner of the popular quiz show Twenty -One wanes, producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank

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Shop Local (NYC) Valentine Flowers

Send flowers to HIM this year, mom, gran, sister, friend. Flowers help. You can pick up roses at a local bodega OR… Bouquets     clockwise Bouqs.com Heartfelt: Tulips and Irises. At $59.00, $74.00, or $89.00 Daydream: A pink mix of pompon, snapdragons, roses, and minicarnations. $49.00, $64.00, or $79.00 Happy Heart:

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The Western World – A Glimpse of Authentic Ireland (1905)

In 1905, The Manchester Guardian sent playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore John Millington Synge (Playboy of the Western World), and artist Jack Butler Yeats (brother of W.B. Yeats) to travel a month in Connemara, Ireland, and report in 12 articles on distress in what was called “the congestive district.”

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Hats

Face it, head and hands feel the cold more than anywhere else. Be prepared and in style. Classic Poms & 2   clockwise Saks Fifth Faux Fur Pom-Pom Ribbed Cashmere Beanie: Rib-knit cashmere beanie receives a fluffy finish in the form of a faux fur pom pom. Sale $87.50 Alpaca Melia

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Discovering Maria Callas

My first encounter with the art of Maria Callas happened when I was six years old. As I grew up in communist Romania, watching television was, in itself, an art, the art of navigating, without succumbing, a propaganda-packed programming: from dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s speeches and travels to films made in Romania and fellow Eastern Bloc countries extolling the virtues of socialism and communism. There were few moments of respite from indoctrination, and they consisted, especially

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The Music of Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon

Performed live for Tarrytown Music Hall’s “Night In” series by vocalist Anne Carpenter and vocalist/guitarist Peter Calo. Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon are giants in the living soundtrack of an entire generation who grew up listening to and singing their songs; attending concerts in clubs, halls, and parks. Many remember pivotal events as if scored by one of these pithy, poetic talents. Peter Calo comes out of that era. A multifaceted musician, he channels its

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Breaking Up Is Not Easy…Prepare for the Moments

Recently, I have been meeting a lot of women who are taking that step, you know the step, they are leaping out of their comfort zone and changing their relationship status from married to separated, and ultimately to divorced. I was wondering why the universe has been presenting these people in my path, and then it dawned on me that perhaps the reason is that I have been divorced twice. Maybe because I know the

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Octo Observations: Let’s Start Fresh!

When we all woke up on January 1, 2021, a feeling of positivity and hope filled our hearts….or at least it did mine. To say “goodbye” to traumatic 2020, with its devastating outbreak of Covid, its fractious election, and its seemingly unending isolation from loved ones was a good feeling. Thankfully, the life-saving corona virus vaccines were developed in record time and began to be distributed. We felt as if we could celebrate the new

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Stream Selected Films of Ralph Feinnes

Quiz Show 1994 Based on Richard N. Goodwin’s 1988 memoir Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties. Produced and Directed by Robert Redford. When the popularity of Herb Stemple’s (John Turturo), successive winner of the popular quiz show Twenty -One wanes, producers Dan Enright (David Paymer) and Albert Freedman (Hank Azaria) jump at the chance to replace him with Columbia University Professor Charles Van Doren (Ralph Feinnes), a patrician, blue-eyed boy. (Stemple is promised a

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Shop Local (NYC) Valentine Flowers

Send flowers to HIM this year, mom, gran, sister, friend. Flowers help. You can pick up roses at a local bodega OR… Bouquets     clockwise Bouqs.com Heartfelt: Tulips and Irises. At $59.00, $74.00, or $89.00 Daydream: A pink mix of pompon, snapdragons, roses, and minicarnations. $49.00, $64.00, or $79.00 Happy Heart: Red, pink, yellow roses with greenery. $54.00, $69.00, or $84.00 Scott’s Flowers Blush: pink with touches of white novelty flowers. Types of flowers used will

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The Western World – A Glimpse of Authentic Ireland (1905)

In 1905, The Manchester Guardian sent playwright, poet, writer, collector of folklore John Millington Synge (Playboy of the Western World), and artist Jack Butler Yeats (brother of W.B. Yeats) to travel a month in Connemara, Ireland, and report in 12 articles on distress in what was called “the congestive district.” The Congestive District Board was formed to alleviate poverty in the western counties addressing “overcrowding, poverty, relief work, emigration, and immigration; agriculture, fisheries and domestic

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Hats

Face it, head and hands feel the cold more than anywhere else. Be prepared and in style. Classic Poms & 2   clockwise Saks Fifth Faux Fur Pom-Pom Ribbed Cashmere Beanie: Rib-knit cashmere beanie receives a fluffy finish in the form of a faux fur pom pom. Sale $87.50 Alpaca Melia Hat by Simply Natural: 9.5″ L x 8″ W. Embroidered floral detail. Pom pom top. Light weight yet warm. $49.99  Saks Fifth Fox Fur Pom-Pom

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